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lover. Physical connection and touch are directly linked to strong emotional health, which might be the deciding factors in whether or not you

and your loved one make it for the long haul.

Lastly, cuddling holds se-cret powers. It’s true, be-cause a good cuddle ses-

Racing pulse, shortness of breath and euphoria.

No, not cocaine. We’re talk-ing about dopamine, the “bliss” hormone in your brain responsible for the ‘falling-in-love’ sensation. (Cue Ke$ha’s chart topper “Your Love is My Drug”). In cahoots with do-pamine is adrena-line, which triggers the sweaty palms and increased heart rate. The initial stag-es of falling in love are stress induc-ers due to the high level of emo-

The science of love: Physical touch leads to happier relationshipsLeah [email protected] tional risk, which then gener-

ates adrenaline. The human brain is surging with euphoric chemicals as we fall in love, which might explain why we don’t always act rationally when it comes to our feelings.

Not only does love make us crazy, but it also strengthens

our immune sys-tems. You’re not just swapping saliva when you kiss someone; you’re also swapping bac-teria, 80 billion

of them to be ex-act. Don’t worry!

The germs you and your partner share

during your

makeout session could actu-ally build your immune sys-tems. That’s right, kissing can be healthy. The bacteria you share with your partner could help both of you fight disease and bacteria that you’ll en-counter in the future.

Now let’s talk about oxyto-cin, the queen of all hormones. Making physical contact with someone important to us causes an increase of oxytocin to our brains, which deepens the bond between you and your partner. Making a habit of touching your significant other—whether it’s sex, a hug, or hand holding—can trigger the release of oxytocin and do-pamine alike, creating a deep bond between you and your

sion can reduce high blood pressure, anxiety and stress. No longer will your partner use the excuse that it’s too hot to cuddle, since cuddling

also releases oxytocin (she rears her beautiful head

again) which can cre-ate an overwhelming sense of well-being, while at the same time calming you down. It’s hard to be angry with the per-

son you’re spooning, which leads to a better sense of un-

derstanding between you and your partner.

Dayton ranked seventh in internet supplier

Amazon’s Top 20 Romantic U.S. cities in 2015. Rank-ing first was Knoxville, TN, followed by Miami and Or-lando, FL. Also on the list was Cincinnati, standing just one place ahead of Dayton at number six.

Criteria used in measuring the passion of each city in-

Dayton ranks seventh in Top Romantic CitiesLeah [email protected] cluded the amount of steamy

novels purchased, romantic comedies viewed and how often citizens listened to ro-mantic music—like Barry White. The cities were also measured by how many sex-ual-wellness products were purchased. All cities in the running needed to have over 100,000 residents. Boise, Idaho comes in last as the least romantic city in the U.S.

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The advent of the Neu-roscience Engineering

Collaboration (NEC) building by the Russ Engineering Cen-ter has, in its growth, taken up sections of Lot 17’s parking. But that isn’t to say spots will not be replenished elsewhere.

The NEC, since breaking

Lot 16 expansion imminentDylan DohnerNews [email protected]

ground in the summer of 2013, has poked itself into a good chunk of the adjacent campus areas. The Depart-ment of Building and Grounds are responding to it by flatten-ing and repurposing a good portion of land by the soccer fields. Students will have an additional two to three hun-dred parking spaces to vie for when it is finished some time

this spring.“Everything will be leveled,

and Lots 16 and 17 will be more connected,” said Javan Conley. assistant director of Engineering and Construction. “It’s probably going to add a couple hundred spaces, much

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3OPINION

How do you continue to go through life when

the person you cared about most decides life is not worth living anymore? Cody tries to figure out the answer to this question when her best friend, Meg, decides to drink industrial strength detergent alone in a motel room. Gayle Forman’s newest novel, “I Was Here,” published on Jan. 27, is a heartbreaking depiction of how it feels to deal with the aftermath of a loved one com-

REVIEW: “I Was Here”Chase CoeContributing Writer

mitting suicide. Forman, whose previous nov-

el “If I Stay” (2009) was adapted into a movie in 2014, shows how well rounded she is as a writer in “I Was Here.” The pro-tagonists in both “If I Stay” and “Just One Day” (2013) are simi-lar in that they are both lighter and easier to read. While read-ing about Cody in “I Was Here,” I felt like it was the naked truth, which was not easy to read. Cody feels responsible for Meg’s sui-cide, which is an accurate por-trayal of how friends and family of suicide victims feel. They are always wondering: “Did I miss

the signs?” “Was there some-thing I could have said or done to prevent this?” “Am I at fault?” I applaud Forman for showing her readers that it is normal to feel angry and upset when you lose someone close to you.

The story itself is refreshing because suicide has become such a taboo subject in today’s society, especially because sui-cide rates for teens have sky-rocketed and Forman gives all the nitty-gritty details that readers deserve. It is also a new and innovative look at how sui-cidal teens have support at the click of a mouse. There are sui-

Dear Mandy,My bf just got dreadlocks and I

absolutely hate them. I’m thinking about chopping them off in his sleep. Is that okay? Is that ethical?-Death before Dreads

Dear Arm Lover,Everyone loves a good set of fore-

arms, it’s true. However, you can’t demand that anyone show you a part of their body that they repeatedly cover up. (For obvious rea-sons) Hopefully this isn’t a deal breaker for your rela-tionship. If it is, maybe you aren’t in it for the right rea-sons. True, a man’s forearms are some of the most tanta-lizing pieces of flesh on the planet, but they shouldn’t be enough to tear a love apart. Talk to your boyfriend about his insecurities and then let the subject drop. Love,Mandy

Dear Confused but Interested,It’s all in the eyes.

Two people with no common language have been known to fall in love before, which only goes to show how important body language is. You can always tell if a person is interested in their conversation with you if they are angling their body or feet in your direction. Eye con-tact is another sure-fire way to know if they’re interested. Locking eyes can really send off sparks.

Another thought, just spitballing here, is for you to speak to him in English. You’re both in the process of learning French, it’s true, but what’s stopping you from speaking in English? Noth-ing. Go get him.Love,Mandy

Dear Unsure,Trust your in-stincts. You have

a reason for feeling the way you do. If she’s uncomfort-able with you being around her ‘best guy friend,’ then that’s when there are issues. If she doesn’t want you to meet him, or hang out with him that means she’s hid-ing something. However, if he’s an active part of your life, you should voice your discomfort when they hang out alone. If she cares for you, she will meet a compro-mise and completely under-stand your discomfort, doing whatever she can to ease the situation. If she’s not willing to make a compromise with you, maybe she’s not the girl for you. Love,Mandy

Dear Death before Dreads,First off, do not

touch a man’s hair. (Unless it’s a mullet, then it’s fair game.)Maybe you could reach a compromise by having him style his dreadlocks in a dif-ferent way, by adding a bead or a feather, perhaps? Make sure he knows you’re not on board with his new do, he might change it for you!Next, it is absolutely unethi-cal to chop off his hair. Give the guy a break, and leave the man’s hair alone! Imag-ine the true potential dread locks might have for you two as a couple. His hair could attract adorable birds for you to pet. (I’m kidding!) Keep your mind—and op-tions—open. Love,Mandy

Dear Mandy,There’s a guy in my French class

that’s basically fluent in French and is so hot. He keeps speaking to me in French with this sexy look on his face, and I’m unsure if he’s coming onto me or just doing the French speaking exercise. How do I know his intentions? How do I flirt back?-Confused but Interested

Dear Mandy,I’m insecure about my

girlfriend’s relationship with her ‘best guy friend.’ They had a thing once, but they both claim their relationship is perfectly platonic now. I just don’t buy it. Am I crazy? I want to trust them, but I’m skeptical. There’s a lot of weirdness surrounding them.-Unsure

Dear Mandy,I love men’s forearms but my

boyfriend only wears long sleeved t-shirts. I need to see the rippling muscles I know are under there. Thoughts?-Arm Lover

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cide groups that are eager to help someone to carry out their suicide or “catch the bus” which is how these groups refer to sui-cide.

Gayle Forman has a way with words that translates into lyri-cal prose in her novels, which is stark contrast when put up against the intense tone of “I Was Here.” She gives the reader what they need even if they did not realize that they needed it. The reader will close her books with a satisfied, if not tear-stained, look on their face. “I Was Here” is an exceptional ad-dition to her bibliography and

probably her best novel to date. Pick it up and do not put it down until it is finished.

If you are considering suicide and need help, the first step is to reach out to someone. If you cannot tell a responsible adult, The National Foundation for Suicide Prevention has a crisis hotline for immediate support: 800-273-TALK. LGBT youth make up a large number of sui-cides. LGBT youth can contact the Trevor Project (www.thet-revorproject.org). Its 24/7 ho-tline number is 866-488-7386.

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4 NEWS

U for unsatisfactory: Ohio ranks low in equal payment between genders Olivia Rutherford News Writer [email protected] HERETH THOU CHARTETH

WOMEN MEN

In Ohio, on average, women make 77% compared to men in the same fields of work, 78% nationally.

Of the 50 states, Ohio ranks at 34th in the

United States with the larg-est pay gap between gen-ders. This means that, on average, Ohio women make 77 percent of the earnings that their male counterparts receive.

According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), women currently account for about half of the

workforce. With the ever-changing and evolving cul-

Ohio ranks low in equal payment between gendersOlivia RutherfordNews [email protected]

ture, 40 percent of women are also now an equal or main, income provider for their families.

According to the Ameri-can Association of University Women (AAUW), it has also been shown that the gap is much worse for those wom-en of color. The largest gap ended up being for Hispanic and Latino omen, who, in 2013, only made 54 percent of what Caucasian men re-ceived in payment.

Progress has been slow but steady, since the push for equal pay that began in 1960. The projection, provided by IWPR, indicates that in 2058, our country will gain equal pay across all the states. That means at the current pace, it will take another 43 years to reach pay parity, tacked onto the 50 years since its start.

Also according to AAUW research, women will earn only 82 percent of what their male counterparts will earn in their first year after col-

lege. This is due in part to negotiations for their first job right out of college. From there, the gap in pay parity will widen over the next 10 years, reaching an average of $11,000 in payment differ-ences.

To educate women on pay negotiations, the Wright State RaiderCareer CENTRAL is organizing what is called a Start Smart Workshop, de-signed to help people un-derstand how to benchmark their desired salary and ben-efits as well as how to negoti-ate for their first salary out of college.

The Start Smart Workshop will take place Friday, April 3 at a time to be determined. For more information, con-tact coordinator Lisa Duke at [email protected] or 937-775-2556.

All public colleges and universities in Ohio

will be forced to freeze their tuition rates in 2017 if passed by Ohio’s legislature. Ohio Governor John Kasich’s plan is to limit universities to no more than a two percent increase from the previous year’s tuition costs.

Kasich recently revealed his budget proposal for the 2016-2017 years. Within this proposal were items that proved to be very important to those enrolled in higher education.

One of the big-gest topics of higher educa-tion involved the two-year colleges around the state. The announce-ment was made by Lieutenant Gover-nor Mary Taylor at Sinclair Community College, that the plan is to ask our lawmakers to allow community colleges to offer four-year degrees in certain designated fields and majors.

In 2017, tuition costs could be frozen. A nine-member Task Force on Affordability and Efficiency is gearing up to examine how universi-ties can reduce their costs in preparation for the tuition freeze.

Dr. Hee Young Shin, WSU economics professor, com-mented on the proposed budget.

“In order to normalize our higher education, more fi-nancial support and invest-ment on higher education is prerequisite,” Shin said. This is in reference to the cut-backs that have been made to higher education in Ohio since the 1970s.

Shin went on to say, “Oth-erwise, individual colleges and universities would have to resort to their own indi-

Kasich budget proposal includes tuition freezeOlivia RutherfordNews [email protected]

“The state government put

a cap on college tuition increase

without providing sufficient financial

support to the universities.”

vidual solutions, which is a dramatic increase in tuition rate for the last decade. The state government put a cap on college tuition increase without providing sufficient financial support to the uni-versities. This is a contradic-tory gesture and does not make any sense.”

There are also plans in place to help relieve the weight of college debt on graduates and to give more high school schools the option to take college-level credits. The debt relief is a combination

of a debt relief fund, people who show the most need and those willing to stay in the Ohio work-force for five years.

As for the college

credits for high school stu-dents, Kasich’s budget hopes to allocate $18.5 million to be able to train more teach-ers in college instruction so that students can get an early start to their college educa-tion at no extra cost.

Of the 50 states, Ohio ranks at

34th in the United States with the largest pay gap

between genders.The projection

indicates that in 2058, our country

will gain equal pay across all the

states.


5NEWS

The Office of the Regis-trar has elected a new

University Registrar to fill the shoes of the previous Marian Brainerd.

Taking office as of Jan 20, Amanda Steele-Middleton will assume the Registrar’s responsibilities. Registrars are charged with facilitating and enforcing the policies of the university in relation to students. This includes their academic programs, course registration and graduation requirements.

“We’re involved in a lot of functional technology proj-ects,” Steele-Middleton said.

New registrar elected, online interaction changes on the horizon Dylan DohnerNews [email protected]

“We’re working with admin-istration to implement an online catalogue - and I don’t mean just taking the paper and turning it into a PDF - but an interactive, system-fed catalogue that’s more real-time and dynamic to use and easier to search.”

This system is currently called Acalog, and its first kickoff meeting starts March 9. Steele-Middleton will be involved.

“This should be live in the fall. It’s a tool to help stream-line the catalog creation process and systematize the flow of information,” Steele-Middleton said.

Steele-Middleton is a two-

Wright State travel-ing scholars from

abroad are required to have language proficiency proof in order to be admitted into the university.

This proof usually comes in the form of an English profi-ciency test, such as the test of English as a foreign language (TOEFL).

“Wright State has always required a score on the TOEFL from international students,” said Deborah Cru-san, professor of English lan-guage and literature.

The TOEFL is a standard-ized English test.

“Huge testing companies make a large profit from producing these tests. The TOEFL is in the same cate-gory as the SAT. In fact, more people have taken the TOEFL than the SAT,” Crusan said. “TOEFL is universal; it prides itself in being integrative.”

The TOEFL is not a pass or fail test, but the student does get a score on it. Each university has their own set of required TOEFL scores. If a student does not make that score, they have the option of entering an intensive English program.

Almost every university offers an intensive English program. Wright State’s in-tensive English program is known as LEAP, which stands for Learning English for Aca-demic and Professional Pur-poses.

“The application process

Wright State requiresstudents to have language proficiency proofHasan Abdul-KarimContributing [email protected]

for LEAP is the same for all students. LEAP is considered an undergraduate program and there are no credits,” said Catherine Crowely, As-sistant Director of LEAP.

Once enrolled LEAP stu-dents are given a placement test. How well the student does on the placement test determines which level of LEAP they will be placed in. The program consists of five levels ranging from pre-leap to level 4.

“Most people test into level 2,” said Steve Lyons, Assistant Director of the Center For In-ternational Education. “The best way to make someone learn a language is to force them to immerse themselves in that language. We always suggest that students in that program live on campus and get involved in clubs.”

Each level takes a semester to complete. Depending on what level the student enters LEAP it can take up to 3 or 4 semesters to complete the program.

“LEAP has finals and vari-ous assessments like any other class. Some people have to repeat a level if they don’t pass,” said Lyons.

If a student completes LEAP but wants to go to a dif-ferent university than Wright State, they are required to take the TOEFL test. Most students who take LEAP end up staying at Wright State.

time Wright State graduate. During her Masters degree work she worked the regis-trar’s office and the front-line registration window in the Student Union. She has been active in the registrar’s office for 10 years.

“I learned different ele-ments and pieces of the of-fice, and ended up working at two small private liberal arts colleges as their regis-trar,” Steele-Middleton said. “But I’m a big picture kind of person. I like to understand the aspects of student inter-action so we can streamline our services and make a good experience for students.”

more than what we lost be-cause of the building.”

For years now, students have had complaints about the tight nature of Wright State’s parking. Megan Noll, WSU student commuting from her home two miles away, is thankful for the

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small alleviation the repur-posing will give to her and other students.

“It probably won’t help that much, but it will help,” Noll said. “Lot 20 won’t have to be such a go-to from now on. I know this new place is sort of far away from a lot of

the places I need to get to, but it’s better than having to take the shuttle.”

Over 9,000 parking passes have been purchased by stu-dents and faculty as of Fall 2014, with over 7,500 spots available between them.

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6 WRIGHT LIFE

A Wright State Univer-sity graduate has made

it past auditions for the real-ity show “American Idol.” Lo-cal musician Alexis Gomez is taking her guitar and vocal skills to the small screen in hopes of starting a career in music.

Gomez has spent nearly her entire life working with instruments or vocals thanks to a musician father with a desire to teach his children everything he knew. Gomez applied that knowledge to entertaining church mem-bers and coffee shop-goers with her siblings and par-ents.

“We were in a family band growing up and we all still play together today,” said Gomez, “so it’s always been a part of my life, but my first official gig outside of church was when I was 8 and I sang at a little coffee shop in Cen-terville.”

Due to her long history with music, Gomez has ac-quired a plethora of musical skills.

“I sing and mainly play acoustic guitar,” Gomez said,

Idol ambitions: WSU student struts her stuff on “American Idol” stageAdam RamseyFeatures [email protected]

“but I play other instruments as well. I play piano, bass, banjo and other things.”

With this talent at her dis-posal, Gomez plays country music with a tinge of rock and roll and pop, which she took to Nashville to begin her career.

“Nashville really helped hone my craft of performing and being able to talk to the crowd,” said Gomez. “One place in particular would be Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge. It was a famous little bar down there where I got my start.”

“American Idol,” according to Gomez, has always been a dream of hers, and she de-scribed the experience as “surreal.”

“Being able to sit at home and watch that part of your dream come true is really crazy,” Gomez said. “Just the opportunity to sing in front of people like Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban and to hear their feed-back and advice has been re-ally helpful. [It’s] something that’s once in a lifetime.”

Despite the competitive nature of the show, Gomez describes the relationships between the contestants as supportive, even to the point

of helping each other with practice.

Whether or not “Idol” works out as well as she hopes, Gomez plans on pur-suing a career in music, but her time on the show has already proven beneficial for her. She also has other options if her music career doesn’t take off.

“I also graduated from WSU with a degree in Span-ish,” Gomez said. “Not that that was a backup plan, but I’ve always said that if I give my all to music and it doesn’t work out, I will still be happy. I can go be a Spanish teacher. I want to travel. So, with or without ‘Idol,’ I’m still going to love music and it’s still going to be a part of my life, but that could be another op-tion.”

Those interested in see-ing Gomez’s performances or tracking her progress through the competition can tune in to “American Idol” this season. Students can also follow Alexis Gomez Music social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and find more infor-mation at her personal web-site.

Esther Price Fine Choco-lates is a Dayton origi-

nal that has been selling can-dy to Dayton citizens since 1929.

Esther Price, the compa-ny’s namesake, began mak-ing candy during the Great Depression to help with finances according to Don Otto, Price’s grandson.

“She would take the candy in shopping bags to down-town Dayton and sell it to doctors and lawyers, be-cause they were the only people in that time that had any money,” said Otto. “From that, the business grew. They started calling her and plac-ing orders, she kept getting requests for more candy. She ran out of room.”

As her reputation grew, Price moved into a larger house on Wayne Avenue to produce more candy, which is the house that Otto cel-ebrated Christmas with his family. It’s also the current location of Esther Price’s headquarters and factory.

Price added a showroom to the factory in the ‘50s in then proceeded to add two more locations on Airway and in Kenwood in 1965, according to Peggy Weaver, the compa-ny president’s assistant.

Before the expansion, Otto recalls the Christmas season and the flood of customers that inspired the expansion.

Esther Price Fine ChocolatesAdam RamseyFeatures [email protected]

“When I was a young boy working here, this was the only store and we had to have traffic cops direct traffic outside the store,” Otto said. “We would have a traffic jam from here to Wyoming Street of cars trying to get into the parking lot. There were lines to get in the store all day long. As fast as the candy was getting packed, it was getting out to the customers. She just couldn’t make enough for the demand.”

When Price’s husband be-gan experiencing health is-sues in 1976, she decided to sell the business, but was picky in whom she chose. Current owner Jim Day, his previous partner Ralph Schmidt and two other part-ners took over the business.

Despite the change in hands, the current leader-ship picked up where Price left off, Otto said.

“Jim Day made promises to my Grandma when she was on her deathbed,” said Otto. “She gave him things in writing that she wanted him to continue to do. No matter what, he continues to honor her request. That was her fi-nal act of genius, finding Jim to take over for her.”

Day and Schmidt expanded the business from three loca-tions to seven, even expand-ing into some Kroger stores in the area. According to Otto, the most popular can-dies are the dark chocolate turtles and the chocolate-covered cherries.

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7WRIGHT LIFE

“In Solidarity, We Resist is an activist/art ac-

tion project designed to help survivors of sexual violence reclaim space on campus and speak out about their expe-riences in a powerful way,” said Charmaine Griffith, the Wright State student leading the project. Working to help these survivors, Griffith and those involved in the project are collecting the stories of Wright State sexual assault survivors and they will share them on April 15.

“So often we resist being

Andrea SchaafContributing [email protected]

minimized, invalidated and blamed for the rampant sex-ual assault in the U.S. and on campuses nationwide. Survi-vors of sexual violence have experienced a history of be-ing silenced and ignored. It is important for the healing process to tell our stories,” Griffith said.

As many universities are dealing with sexual assault cases, Griffith said she hopes that this will hopefully moti-vate Wright State to take the proper precautionary steps as well. According to Griffith, WSU has no required train-ing about sexual assault pre-vention for the whole cam-pus.

“There are programs here and there around campus run by people who care about this work but none of the trainings are mandatory and none are campus-wide,” Griffith said. “My goal is to call attention to what Wright State can do to make this a better space for survivors and to create a safer way to report. I am hoping that this project will call the WSU ad-ministration into action.”

Griffith, named the In-augural Student Artist in Residence for the Women’s Center, said one way WSU could help prevent sexual as-sault is to update brochures on the topics of drinking,

sex and assault, as many are outdated, and to include re-sources like phone numbers for hotlines, Counseling and Wellness Services and Legal Services in the Sexual Mis-conduct brochure. Griffith also suggested that WSU cre-ate an inclusive option in the reporting process, develop a mandatory sexual assault prevention training for any-one entering the WSU com-munity and a preventative campaign for the first six weeks of each new school year.

For those in the WSU com-munity who would like to share their story, Griffith and her team of allies will be ac-

cepting them until April 10. Stories can be submitted in a few ways: online at the project’s website, via emails to Griffith with “My Story, In Solidarity” in the subject line or as a hard copy placed in a mailbox at Student Legal Ser-vices, the Women’s Center or Counseling and Wellness. Stories can be as anonymous as the survivor wants them to be, they only require a preferred name and a note informing those involved in the project how they would like their story to be told or used.

“In Solidarity, We Resist”: Women’s Center student artist-in-residence plans sexual assault awareness project

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what are you

doing for valentine’s

day?Jon will be taking his

fiancé out to dinner on Valentine’s day.

Manali and Tejas are planning on catching a

movie together.

Monica will hanging out with some friends, but she is going

to wear pink to honor the occa-sion and hoping to receive an

Edible Arrangement.

Ja-waan plans to spend time with his girlfriend, mom and

sister.

Hailee is going to watch Netflix and eat popcorn.

Mark is surprising Kelsey with dinner at a nice restaurant.

Ashvin will send a post card to his girl-friend in New York.

Mariea plans on talking to Army recruits on Valentine’s

day.

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1 After 56 games, it all comes down to one

weekend in MayWright State learned the

hard way last year that a great regular season means absolutely nothing in the postseason. The Raiders ran away with the Horizon League after going 25-4 in conference play before stum-bling in the league title game to last place Youngstown State. The result was a disap-pointing one for a squad that was aspiring to return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011.

With many key players returning from last year’s squad, along with some ju-nior college additions, expec-tations for the Raiders this year are high.

“We tell the guys that, ‘Last year has zero relevance for this year,’” Wright State head coach Greg Lovelady said.

2 Lovelady prepares himself for second

year as WSU skipper Lovelady was officially

hired as WSU’s head coach before last season after spending time as the pro-gram’s top assistant coach. He was the league’s Coach of the Year in his first year lead-ing the program.

“I am a year wiser and the anticipation is different knowing what I am going to go through and the processes I need to do in my routine,” Lovelady said. “I (was) a little unsure of what that was go-ing to be like last year.”

He said he spends his pre-game watching videos and scouting in preparation for that day’s opponent.

“Just trying to figure out matchup stuff, lineup stuff, trying to have a plan going into the game on how we’re going to pitch,” Loveland said.

3 Major League talent can come from Wright

StateIf Los Angeles Angels

pitcher Joe Smith’s career is any indication, top tier big league talent can come from WSU. Travis Hissong is work-

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ing his way through the New York Yankees’ organization after he graduated and com-pleted his junior year at WSU last season. Lovelady expects others from Wright State will be looked at in the upcoming MLB Draft.

Players expected to be potential professionals are pitchers Andrew Elliott, Rob-by Sexton and Jesse Schol-tens along with infielder Mi-chael Timm. Lovelady thinks that Sexton and Scholtens have the best opportunity to be drafted by an MLB club.

“They’re just prototypi-cal guys in their draft year,” Lovelady said.

4WSU starting the sea-son in the south

While the Raiders have been able to take advantage of a mild Ohio winter to have some outdoor practices, WSU is going to trek south for the first three weeks of the season. The Raiders start their season this weekend in Nashville with two games versus Belmont and two against Toledo.

The following weekend, WSU visits Ole Miss for three games before heading to Lovelady’s alma mater, the University of Miami, for three games. After Miami, WSU travels to Kentucky for one game before opening its home schedule March 6 ver-sus Buffalo.

“The day we got here, we believed in upgrading the schedule, playing a tough schedule,” Lovelady said.

5 WSU has added depth to this year’s

squadJust like any collegiate pro-

gram, Wright State had its share of players who left af-ter graduation last year. The Raiders look to replace key pitchers Joey Hoelzel and Hissong. Also center fielder Kieston Greene played his fi-nal year with the Raiders last year.

Lovelady expects three ju-nior college transfers, a true freshman, a redshirt fresh-man and one other player who missed all of last year to fill the gaps this season.

“Last year, we had zero depth,” Lovelady said.

Softball: Raiders projected to win the conference The season begins this weekend

Wright State’s softball squad kicks off its

season in Tucson, Ariz. for the Hilenbrand Invitational on Friday. The team is ex-pected to have a good season as the Horizon League coach-es selected WSU to win in the league in the preseason poll.

Last season, the Raiders finished second in the regu-lar-season standings with a 13-6 conference record and 29-32 overall record. Green Bay finished first in the con-ference with an overall re-cord of 27-14 and a confer-ence record or 11-5.

The Raiders have five in-coming freshmen and 14 returning players with four seniors on the roster; infield-ers, Reagan Stofcheck and Angie Clark, outfielder Jess Gorman and catcher Kortney Tackett.

“I think that we have a re-ally strong senior class,” head coach Lynn Curylo said. “They’ve done a great job leading up to this point and we also have a really strong freshman class. Everyone has been working hard and I can’t wait to see that pay off.”

Gorman, a First Team All- Horizon League honoree, plays outfield for the Raiders and led the team in many of-fensive categories last sea-son. She had 15 multi-hit games with a .349 batting average and .632 slugging percentage. Gorman led the Horizon league in triples with five and was second in the league with 12 doubles.

Tackett started 49 games at catcher and threw out 12 baserunners. Clark had a .406 batting average with 23 hits and Stofcheck had 38 hits, second most on the team.

Sophomore infielder Becka Patterson led the team with 22 runs batted in last season, and stole nine bases on 10 at-tempts.

Sophomore infielder Libby Pfeffer led the team with 21 walks last season. She had a .675 slugging percentage and .375 batting average in con-ference play, which also led the team.

The Raiders had a team earned run average (ERA) of 4.34 and were third in the conference with 230 strike outs. The Raiders will need to replace pitcher Krystian DeWitt who led the team with 12 wins and 16 com-

plete games last season. She also led the team with a 3.04 ERA in 170.1 innings with 136 strikeouts and an oppo-nent batting average of .269.

Junior Montana Wear and sophomore Nikki Gershen are the only pitchers return-ing to the team from last sea-son. In 2014, Wear had seven wins with a 5.46 ERA. She pitched 14 complete games and had 92 strikeouts in 145 innings pitched with an op-ponent batting average of .328. Gershen gave up 14 runs in nine innings.

The Raiders have a tough challenge to start the season playing No. 12 Arizona. They will also play San Jose State, Drake, Loyola Marymount and Loyola at the Invitation-al.

“They (Arizona) have the most players on the top 25 players in the country to watch list,” Curylo said. “It’s going to be exciting to see our girls go out there and compete against them.”

The Raiders will travel to Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina and Indiana for a mixture of games before their home opener against Ohio on March 17.

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CLEVELAND - After Wright State lost its third game in

a row last Saturday at Cleveland State, Raiders head coach Billy Donlon said he is not using the team’s results to measure the progress of his squad.

WSU fell to 11-13, 3-7, lost its sixth game out of seven and has dropped to seventh place in the nine-team Horizon League. The Raiders loss came at the hands of Cleveland State by an 88-72 decision.

“I don’t think about that,” Donlon said. “I move on to the next game. That’s my job. I don’t think about six of seven, seven of eight. If we’d won 11 in a row, I don’t think about that. I think about improvement from the last game.”

Conference play started out well for Wright State who won two of its first three. Since then, the Raiders lost their leading defender, Kendall Griffin, for the season, and their leading scorer, JT Yoho, for at least the next few weeks. Yoho’s injury could be season ending.

Wright State’s last win was a convincing 64-53 result at Detroit on Jan. 26. Two nights later, the Raiders were leading by double figures in the second half at Oakland, when Griffin suffered a concussion, which ended his career. WSU went on

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to lose to Oakland in overtime. “The score’s going to say

what it does, but it’s not a mor-al victory of anything in terms

of that,” Donlon said. “It’s im-proving. Justin Mitchell has got-ten much better just in the last three weeks. Mike Karena. Joe Thomasson played well tonight. Grant Benzinger has played pretty well these last couple of games. There’s a lot of posi-tives.”

Thomasson agreed his squad has made progress.

“Like I said, defense, defense. We’re making improvements, we just have to stay consistent,” Thomasson said. “We can’t get too high, can’t get too low. We have to stay even keeled.”

Offense back on trackWright State entered Satur-

day’s game against Cleveland State with the worst scoring output in league games. Despite losing Saturday, the Raiders scored 12 points above their conference scoring average. The performance was especially promising as the Raiders went up against the best scoring de-fense in the league.

For the first time in Horizon League play, WSU had five scor-ers in double figures. Thomas-son led the way with 17 points.

I don’t have a problem with the offense,” Thomasson said. “I feel like we could score the ball with anybody. We just need to play defense. We have to pick up our intensity and our focus.”

LeCrone comments on Smith’s death

Legendary former North Carolina coach Dean Smith died last Saturday in his home in Chapel Hill, N.C. Current Ho-rizon League Commission Jon LeCrone, a native of Vandalia, worked with Smith while LeC-rone was an assistant commis-sioner with the Atlantic Coast Conference.

“All of us in the Horizon League were saddened to hear of coach Smith’s passing,” LeCrone said in a statement. “College sports and college basketball has lost a phenomenal teacher, a role model, and an iconic leader who helped change sport and soci-ety.

“Those of us fortunate enough to have been a part of the ACC family during coach Smith’s tenure were touched by his legacy on and off the court. Our sympathies go out to coach Smith’s family, and his extend-ed families at the University of North Carolina and the ACC.”

Up nextWright State hosts Illinois-

Chicago Thursday evening for the first of two meetings this year versus the Flames. The two meetings are important for the Raiders who are looking to avoid travelling for the first round of the Horizon League tournament next month.

UIC is one game behind Wright State for seventh place in the conference.

Last week, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame

named Wright State guard Tay’ler Mingo to the Watch List for the 2015 Nancy Lieber-man Award. She averages 23.6 points per game this season, which ranks third in the NCAA. She also is second in the nation in steals per game with 3.78.

“I’m really grateful for the rec-ognition but without my team-mates, I probably wouldn’t get that recognition,” Mingo said. “They make me better.”

“I think she’s better than Kobe (Bryant),” Wright State guard

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Symone Denham said compar-ing Mingo to the Los Angeles Lakers All-Star guard. “She’s one of the best players I’ve ever played with. She has a way of controlling the game in a posi-tive way and is an all-around great player.”

Last Thursday versus Youngstown State, Mingo led all players with 23 points, seven assists and seven steals.

Against Valparaiso last Satur-day, the Raiders continued their high level of play by winning 95-66. Mingo led all scorers with 27 points and had a career-high 11 assists.

Wright State head coach Mike Bradbury said that there is no doubt that Mingo has car-

ried the Raiders on her back ever since Preseason Horizon League Player of the Year Kim Demmings had a season-ending injury at the start of the season.

“People tried to knock this kid down forever and she just responds time and again,” Brad-bury said. “She is as good as they come.”

Stucke continues run of double-doubles

Wright State’s Breanna Stucke played a key role in the Raiders two victories last week. She has collected three straight double-doubles and was selected as Ho-rizon League Player of the Week for the last week of January.

Bradbury referred to Stucke as, “The glue that keeps us to-

gether.”“Stucke has always been my

go-to,” Mingo said. “All of her buckets are quiet; she rebounds the heck out of the ball and al-ways works hard. I know I can count on her.”

Last Thursday against Youngstown State, Stucke had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Ver-sus Valpo on Saturday, Stucke had 15 points and 12 rebounds.

Stucke has started in all 23

“Without my team-mates, I probably wouldn’t get that

recognition.”

games for WSU despite having back issues that causes her to seek treatment after games.

Up next, battle of the league’s top two:

The Raiders have won four straight games and will travel to Green Bay to battle the first place Phoenix. The Phoenix de-feated Wright State on the road earlier in the year by a score of 68-59. The Raiders were out-rebounded in the game by 12 leading to 16 second-chance points for Green Bay.

The Phoenix outscored the Raiders in the paint by 12. Min-go led all players with 24 points, Stucke had 19 and Stanton led all players with 13 rebounds. Tip-off is at 8 p.m. Thursday.

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Before her recruitment, sophomore Lindsey Ver-

strepen had never stepped foot on WSU’s campus, but is now a leader for the Raiders tennis team.

Verstrepen started the season off 5-0 in singles play before dropping a match last Sunday. She has a winning record in doubles despite having very little doubles experience before coming to America last season.

Former WSU head coach Sean McCaffrey found Verstre-pen through an international recruiting bureau. The bureau, OverBoarder, was created by a former player of current WSU interim head coach Todd Tuck-er, who was an assistant under his brother Ty Tucker at Ohio State.

Verstrepen, a native of West-erlo, Belgium, was influenced to attend Wright State by the makeup of the players on the team. In Verstrepen’s first sea-son last year, she was joined by five other freshmen, and was the only international player on the roster.

This year, fellow European Karoline Haller has been Ver-strepen’s doubles partner early this season.

“I liked the fact that they were all American, and there were also a lot of freshmen that were coming with me. I would not be

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have Americans that would help me with my English,” said Ver-strepen.

As an international business major, Verstrepen balances her work on the court with her schoolwork, keeping a 4.0 GPA.

“I try to balance it pretty good. I try to get my hours of sleep, which is really important. Eng-lish is not my first language, but I feel like going to school here is a little easier than at home,” said Verstrepen.

In addition to obstacles ath-letics can add to academics, Ver-strepen has dealt with struggles that can come with moving from a foreign country. This includes language barriers, different foods and even driving because Verstrepen does not have a car, according to Tucker.

“If you think about all that, she has had to overcome all that stuff and still get grades and do well on the tennis court,” said Tucker.

As one of the three captains, Verstrepen sees herself as someone that is responsible for building team morale.

“We can all do our own work to get the other six (players) motivated and keep them cheer-ing for everyone. I don’t feel any pressure as a captain. I just try to be the same and keep cheer-ing, be loud and keep the energy up,” said Verstrepen.

Verstrepen’s capability to play

at a high level can influence how her teammates are performing.

“Whether she is in practice or a match, she raises the bar. She does it in such a good way that her teammates are attracted to that, and they want to do as well as Linsey is doing. She lifts them up,” said Tucker.

As a freshman, other coaches in the Horizon League recog-nized Verstrepen’s talents when she was voted to the second team in the conference. She hopes to cap the season with a Horizon League Championship and NCAA Tournament berth.

“That would be such a nice reward for our hard work this season. If it’s not this season, it will be next season,” said Ver-strepen.

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There has been talk lately about vaccina-

tions and whether or not they are safe, effective and worth the potential risks they pose. This is a complex issue with many different theories attached to it. Dr. Willam Romine, assistant professor, and Dr. Amber Todd, postdoctoral research-er, helped to sort the issues out and paint a clear picture of what’s going on in the world of vaccines today.

“It’s a complex issue,” Ro-mine said. “One of the things I study in my research is how people reason around com-plex social issues related to science, and vaccination is a big one. I think it’s important to understand all sides of the argument.”

In getting vaccinations, the main goal is to keep up our herd immunity. This is a form of immunity that oc-curs when a substantial per-centage of the population is vaccinated, thus providing protection for those who have not been vaccinated and therefore have not de-veloped immunity.

“For a disease to be spread, there has to be someone in proximity of that disease who is not immune. So if we can get 90 percent of the people vaccinated, then the disease isn’t going to spread.

“Judo is unique, be-cause it’s one of the

few martial arts that’s based off of a principle,” said Cody Cummins, Senior Athletic Training major. “Karate and Kung Fu can be more based on what an individual saw in the animal kingdom, where Judo is actually based on the principle of yielding.”

Judo, a branch of the Jap-anese martial art Ju-jitsu, can be boiled down to the expression “Minimal effort, maximum efficiency,” ac-cording to Cummins.

“The goal is to take the op-ponent off balance, then do a throw to take them down,” Cummins said. “With the

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If I have a disease but the people around me are vac-cinated, it can’t spread,” Ro-mine said.

A lack of herd immunity is what at least part of the re-cent measles outbreak can be credited to. After a while, people relying on others to get vaccinated so they don’t have to creates more and more unvaccinated people, leaving more room for dis-eases to affect a larger por-tion of the population.

“The mentality of ‘you go get vaccinated so I don’t have to’ works, as long as there are only a few people with that attitude. But now, so many people have that attitude that we have all these diseases coming back. Ten years ago, everyone got the measles vaccine, so we had good herd immunity. Now there are more and more people who aren’t getting their kids vac-cinated and aren’t following doctor-recommended vac-cination schedules, so we’re losing that herd immunity,” Romine said.

What many people don’t often think of is that they are not only protecting them-selves, but they are also pro-tecting others, according to Romine.

“A lot of people think about protecting themselves when they get vaccinated, as they should, but they forget about their loved ones and their friends who are also relying

opponent off balance, tech-nique can be used rather than muscle to take he or she down.”

“It’s mainly about us-ing your opponent’s weight against them by using your body as a fulcrum point to throw them over, like a tee-ter totter,” said Thomas Sat-terfield, WSU graduate and former adjunct professor of Judo.

This method to combat al-lows for people of all body sizes to spar with one an-other.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re tall, short, skinny or large,” said Cummins. “If I were paired up with someone bigger than I am, I would be fine with that because I know that I would be able to

on them to get vaccinations,” Romine said.

Vaccinations are meant to provide both short and long term protection from the dis-eases they are combatting.

“It’s easy to think short-term with vaccination, but we also have to think long-term. The more people to get vaccinated, the less chance there is of some horrible flu strain to be transmitted,” Ro-mine said.

“If you get the flu shot this year, it still greatly reduces your odds of getting the flu in the future. When you get immunity against one strain of the flu and a different but similar strain pops up later, you still have partial immu-nity. It might just give you the sniffles, but it won’t make

throw them from technique. My girlfriend is 135 pounds, I’m 230 and she can throw me like it’s nothing. It doesn’t rely on strength, it’s purely technique.”

This accessibility makes Judo a good supplement to a healthy lifestyle, and has been recommended by both Satterfield and Cummins as a good workout.

“We’ve had students that have taken the class that have bragged about losing weight with Judo in con-junction with other lifestyle changes,” Satterfield said. “It is definitely a great supple-ment to any kind of healthier lifestyle, because it is fun. It gives you something to work toward, like trying to nail down a particular technique and it’s a full body exercise.

you feel like you’ve been hit by a train.”

“As a scientist and a par-ent, I think it’s completely ir-responsible to not vaccinate your children, unless there is a good reason not to, such as having underlying health conditions or if your child has pediatric cancer. Being scared of the chemicals is not a good reason,” Todd said. “I don’t think there’s any de-bate about the effectiveness of vaccines in the science community. We know they work.”

There is evidence to make some deny flu shots and other vaccines at theirs or their child’s yearly doctor ap-pointments. Things such as allergies, religious issues and potential side effects are the

It’s very empowering, but it’s a workout as well.”

Cummins encourages stu-dents, especially women, to consider taking the class, be-cause he believes it’s impor-tant to learn a martial art like Judo in order to provide self-defense if needed, but also to cultivate a healthy, confident mindset that can keep you safe.

“How many emails do we get a week from WSU police saying that there was a bur-glary or potential rape on campus? How many night classes are people taking? It’s really good to at least have some knowledge in the back of your brain in the event that you are attacked,” said Cummins. “One of the best things about Mark Cur-ry, the professor of Judo at

WSU, is that he doesn’t just teach techniques, he teaches a mind frame. Judo teaches you to pay attention to your surroundings and gives you self-confidence.”

most common reasons that people deny vaccines. It’s possible that a lack of trust is involved for the side of the debate that is against vacci-nation—after all, not many patients know exactly what is in the syringe that the doc-tor injects under their skin.

Both sides of the debate pose interesting questions that are, more often than not, hard to answer. What-ever choice is made, remain-ing aware and educated on the current issues and facts dealing with vaccines is key to having the optimal under-standing on what it will take to keep your body as healthy as possible.

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